Families of the Month

• Family of the Month April 2022
  April 28, 2022
      Jacinto and Paulina can give their kids the basics, a hot meal of rice and beans, often twice a day, and a warm dry place to sleep. Even better, they give them love and affection, a sense of security and protection, and a future they Read More......
• Family of the Month March 2022
  March 31, 2022
  Eva is the matriarch of a large family of nineteen people. She has three daughters, two sons, eleven grandchildren, her husband and her elderly mother. Eighteen of them all live together in a small block house with an added room made of sheets of Read More......
• Family of the Month February, 2022
  March 1, 2022
  BVB Family of the Month February 2022 At the foot of a densely-forested hillside stands a small twelve by sixteen-foot wooden cabin. This is where thirty-four year-old Jose and Rufina, his twenty-four year-old wife live with their six children. Read More......
• Family of the Month January, 2022
  January 27, 2022
  Marcelina’s Family! It is an absolute pleasure to share with you, Marcelina’s Family! It is always a joyful experience to arrive at Marcelina’s humble one room wooden structure. The three younger children always give us an exuberant greeting. Read More......
• Family of the Month November, 2021
  November 17, 2021
  Itzel’s Family It is with great pleasure that we are able to share this month’s featured family with you.  This spotlighted family has been a humble client since February 2021. Their family struggles began just before the pandemic hit the Read More......
• Family of the Month August 2020
  August 19, 2020
  Denis’ Family Three years ago when Denis was thirty-five years old her husband died suddenly leaving behind their five children for her to raise by herself. Nick, now seventeen, Derek fifteen, Anderson thirteen, Fred nine, and Dafny six years old Read More......
• Family of the Month July 2020
  July 19, 2020
  Brayen’s Family When Briseida was twelve-years old, her mother Raquel gave birth to a baby boy she named Brayen. Two months later the infant contracted meningitis and was taken to a Panama City hospital where he slipped into a coma. Weeks later when Read More......
• Family of the Month June 2020
  June 19, 2020
  Valeria’s Family There was excitement and anticipation in the air as Valeria’s children prepared to begin a new school year on March 3rd. Months of saving every dollar, and combining it with the government’s small education subsidy was finally Read More......
• Family of the Month May 2020
  May 26, 2020
  Manuel’s Family What Manuel lacks in height and weight he makes up in character, heart and humility. Now sixty-two, he has always been the sole income provider for his family. His wife Florentina stays home to care for their two-year old Read More......
• Family of The Month Update April, 2020 
  April 11, 2020
  Benilda and Her Family   When six-year old Jahicha met us a year and a half ago she told us to “say her name right”. Zha-he’-cha, she insisted with a smile.  She told us how excited she was to be joining her brothers and sisters at school the Read More......
• December 2019 Family of the Month
  December 19, 2019
  Meet Marcelina’s Family Tucked away in the remote highlands is a one room 12X12 foot wooden structure. Marcelina and her six children call this humble dwelling home. When we arrived for the first food delivery only the three younger children, Read More......
• September 2019 Family of the Month
  September 30, 2019
  Jon’s Family Four-year old Jon is still too little to join his five brothers on the long walk to school each day, but he is eagerly looking forward to next year when he can dress in a white shirt, long pants, and put on his first pair of real Read More......
• Family of the Month Update August, 2019
  August 21, 2019
  Diana’s Family It’s gratifying to revisit our clients and to see their progress over the years. Many have either moved up to become financially self-sufficient or have simply moved out of the Buenos Vecinos service area. Diana is an example of Read More......
• Family of the Month- April 2019
  April 20, 2019
  Meet Mariano’s Family   Mariano lives with his mother Iris and four siblings in a two room house provided by the government.  It has no indoor bath room, no indoor water and no electricity.  Iris struggles to feed and clothe her children, ages Read More......
• March 2019 Family of the Month
  March 17, 2019
  Amado’s Family Last November the BVB Newsletter reported that Amado was suffering from a serious stomach disorder that kept him bedridden and unable to work for many weeks. The whole family suffered, and when neighbors alerted us to the Read More......
• Family of the Month February 2019
  February 16, 2019
  Meet Maritza and Her Family    Little Natalie who has just turned one year old delights the family with her happy nature and easy-going personality. Her mother Maritza, in her mid-twenties, is a single mom with no current income, but she does most Read More......
• Family of the Month- November 2018
  November 15, 2018
  Meet the Case Family Catalina and Amado live in a house of wood and tin on a dirt road amid the sugar cane fields.  In their early 40’s , they struggle to raise their four school-age children, two boys Jovany 14, Jonny 11 and two girls, Diana 9 and Read More......
• Family of the Month October, 2018
  October 15, 2018
  Meet Yeisel and her Family Yeisel, eleven years old, lives with her parents and four siblings in a modest house on the coffee farm where her father works. Last year she suffered a serious accident. The damage to her spine affected her mobility and Read More......
• Family of the Month September 2018
  September 10, 2018
  Meet Benilda´s Family A large tree hides this bamboo house from the road and the outside play area is worn down to the dirt by many feet. The family who lives here, Benilda and her eight children still miss the father who abandoned them more than a Read More......
• Family of the Month August 2018
  August 10, 2018
  Families care for one another and, in this case, a strong woman has stepped forward to care for two generations of family members. Elidia takes care of her daughter and her two grandchildren, Osiris, a 13 year-old girl, and Noel, an 8 year-old boy. Read More......